Disaster Recovery at Midwinter

[Ethel Hellman <eh104@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Physical Quality and Treatment Discussion Group
Saturday, January 30, 1999 2 - 4

DISASTER AND AFTER: The Book, the Contract, and the Vendor

So you've had a disaster and now you need to know what to 
do with all those wet books! Glen Ruzicka, Chief 
Conservator at Philadelphia's Center for Conservation of 
Art and Historic Artifacts, has answers.  This year's  
Physical Quality and Treatment Discussion Group will begin 
with Glen's presentation,  HOW TO DRY A WET BOOK: A SURVEY 
OF RECOVERY TECHNIQUES.

The presentation will be followed by a panel discussion of 
disaster recovery experiences, focusing on contracting with 
a vendor and monitoring vendor performance. 
PANELISTS:Barbara Miles, Archivist/Director, Mount St. 
Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Maryland; JoAnne V. Martinez, 
conservator in private practice, formerly Collections 
Conservator of the Library of Congress; Bill Minter, 
conservator in private practice, Woodbury, Pennsylvania; and
Yvonne Carignan, Head of the Preservation Department, 
University of Maryland, College Park.

A third segment of the program will be a presentation by 
Fritz James of  Library Binding Services on book cloths 
recently developed by LBS. 
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Ethel Hellman 
Collections Conservator/Program Manager
McKeldin Library
University of Maryland
College Park, MD  20742
(301)405-9349
eh104@xxxxxxxxxxxxx